Johnson wins Charlotte pole: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the pole for the Coca Cola 600 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway with speed of 194.911mph for his 1st pole of 2014 and 33rd of his career. Johnson has won 13 races from the pole.
#2-Keselowski is on the outside pole followed by #5-Kahne, #10-Patrick, #15-Bowyer, #11-Hamlin, #18-Busch, #22-Logano, #9-Ambrose, #88-Earnhardt Jr., #20-Kenseth and #4-Harvick. #20-Kenseth and #4-Harvick didn't get a timed lap in. Harvick just missed the clock and Kenseth didn't get back out.
Missing the race were: #77-Blaney and #44-Yeley.(5-22-2014)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Charlotte:
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 55th Annual COCA-COLA 600 with a lap of 27.705 seconds, 194.911 mph.
This is his 33rd pole in 447 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He moves into a tie for 20th on the all-time series poles list with Fonty Flock.
This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2014.
This is his fourth pole in 26 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Johnson has twice won from the pole at Charlotte (5/30/04 and 10/17/09).
Johnson has six points wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is tied for most all-time at Charlotte with NASCAR Hall of Famers Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison.
#2-Brad Keselowski (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2014 and his third in ten races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
#5-Kasey Kahne (third) posted his 15th top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his fourth in 12 races this season.
(NASCAR Statistics)(5-22-2014)

Coverage of Qualifying for the Coca Cola 600 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 7:10 pm/et.Television: FS1 at 7:00 pm/etRadio: Performance Racing Network at goprn.com.
Scheduled Qualifying TV Re-Air: at 11:30pm/et on FS2; and 4:30am/et on FS1

Qualifying Progression:
driver that was fastest after the first session, the second session and the pole winner from the final session of group qualifying.
First Session: #4-Harvick, 193.931mph, starts 11th
Second Session: #10-Patrick, 194.595mph, starts 4th
Final Session: #48-Johnson, 194.911mph, starts 1st on the pole

Thursday practice for the Coca Cola 600 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is over, after 80 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and any notes
#88-Earnhardt Jr. 193.264
#4-Harvick 192.164
#48-Johnson 192.014
#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 191.782
#78-Truex Jr. 191.775
slowest: #7-Annett 182.921 & #32-Koch 183.275
notes: if qualifying were to get rained out, the field would be set based on the practice speeds from this practice. Qualifying is scheduled for Thursday, May 22nd ay 7:00pm/et on FoxSports1.
See the speeds, laps run on the Charlotte practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(5-22-2014)

Ties are broken as follows:
1) Owners Points
2) Best finishes, most wins, 2nds, 3rds and so on until the tie is broken
3) If tie still remains, then the team with the highest position first breaks the tie
(so if two are ties, both have a win, then the team who won first gets the spot)